mrsallen08 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hi All We candled the eggs last night (9 days) and we definately had an all clear egg which means infertile right? But the others did show the shadows of what we assume is the chick but were very 'high porous' which says on the guide they are BAD eggs, however it doesn't say they have any bacteria but are less likely to hatch. Have I got this right? It wasnt as severe as the pic on here - (pic 6) http://shilala.homestead.com/candling.html We are just wondering now what we should do??? Many Thanks x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 It'll not hurt to leave it in for a week before candling again but I've never had a very porous egg hatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I've had a few porous eggs hatch. You shouldn't be seeing so much of a 'shadow' as a small red/black blob with lots of red spider veins......the red spider veins are the most important sign of a developing chick. If you have a good candler you may also be able to see a tiny heart beating in the centre of the blob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsallen08 Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 well the 'candler' was a torch and mobile phone. Okay so maybe not the best apparatus. Going to make a better one later with lamp and box and have another look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsallen08 Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Thanks all. We tried candling again later and noticed that the very porous egg had cracked so removed that - it was fertile! and a bit And we removed the nonfertile egg the other day so we are down to 4. Last night we candled again and all 4 are developing nicely, you can really see the little chicks wriggling around and the veins are a lot thicker now too. Only one of the eggs is slightly porous, but things are going okay so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsw Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Good news. 4 out of 6 is about average. Keep us all updated. Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
